Although Cha Zhu was full of confidence, this time he was still a little bit more supportive.

Only a few days later, even Qin Mufeng's four towns in Nanjing had not been settled, and there was a problem on the sea.

When Cha Xuan was studying how to integrate the combat power of the Imperial Navy Division and the Fujian Navy Division in the Yamen of the Water Division, Zheng Haotian hurriedly walked in from the outside and said urgently: "Lao Cha, something is wrong!" ”

Cha Zhu was shocked and asked, "What's wrong?" What's wrong? ”

"Xiongwu Hou, they're back......"

"Marquis of Xiongwu?"

Cha Xuan's eyes narrowed, of course Cha Xuan knew who Xiongwu Hou was.

Wu Xing, Marquis of Xiongwu, Wu Dequan, Marquis of Anlu, Guo Yi of Gongchang, Zheng Jinbao of Fengxiang, a total of six nobles in Nanjing, took refuge in Zhu Jie's command before Zhu Jie ascended the throne, although the emperor did not give them any real power, but gave a lot of benefits, promising them to protect their families for generations to come, eternal survival.

Wu Xing, Marquis of Xiongwu, is one of the representatives, and he is also the principal of the current Yanhuang Company, responsible for the overseas trade of Jiangnan, and brings back huge profits to the imperial court every year.

Now Wu Xing, in order to be able to grasp the first-hand navigation information of Nanyang and India, constantly went overseas with the caravan, in the past three years, has been to the sea three times, half of the time, spent in the Nanyang, this time back, is it to bring back a lot of income to the imperial court?

However, when Cha Zhu saw Zheng Haotian's face, he was a little uneasy, if he really returned safely, which door was Zheng Haotian looking for?

"Brother Haotian, what's wrong?"

Cha asked.

Zheng Haotian smiled bitterly: "This time, the Marquis of Xiongwu followed the caravan to the sea, and on the way back, he encountered pirates......

Pirate?

A bad feeling surged in Cha Xuan's heart, although the caravan of the Marquis of Xiongwu had the protection of some military forces, but there was no problem in dealing with ordinary pirates, once they encountered large-scale pirates, the armament of a few hundred people was not enough at all! Those pirates have artillery!

"What about the Marquis of Xiongwu!"

Cha Bolt shouted.

"Lord Cha, Benjue is here......"

Now Wu Xing is also a little wilted, walked into the yamen from the outside, bowed slightly to Cha Xuan, and said.

"Xiongwu Hou, what the hell is going on?"

Wu Xing said astringently: "Lord Cha, it's over, it's all over, this time it's all over, woo woo......"

Wu Xing finally saw his relatives and cried.

"That's it! Xiongwu Hou, do you want to die in a hurry? What the hell is going on? ”

Cha Shou shouted.

Wu Xing cried: "Lord Cha, this time I went to sea, but I went out with goods worth more than three million taels of silver, transported all the goods to Batavia, handed them over to the Dutch, and then purchased local precious specialties from India and Nanyang, ready to buy them back to China, but the fleet was safe and sound along the way, but when the fleet had passed through Fujian and approached Zhejiang, on the sea, suddenly encountered a large number of pirates, more than thirty warships alone, We surrounded our caravan on the sea, and all the goods, gold and silver, were plundered, and they were worth more than five million taels of silver, and they were all robbed of a lot of gold and silver treasures! ”

"Ah......h

Cha Bolt exclaimed, something worth six million taels of silver, one in and one out, this Wu Xing intends to make a windfall, at least double the profits, and was looted by pirates, not only all the profits were lost, even with the goods purchased in Daming plus the investment in this sea, more than three million taels of silver, all of which were compensated, which is more than three million taels of silver, which is enough to make the entire Yanhuang salary collapse The loss!

Zheng Haotian said urgently: "What did you say? Xiongwu Hou, you have been attacked by more than 30 warships? How can it be? This is a warship, how can an ordinary pirate gather so many warships? ”

Wu Xing cried: "Lord Zheng, it's true, how dare I talk nonsense?" It is indeed thirty or forty warships, and the smallest of them has a volume of thousands of materials, and the largest has two or three thousand materials, and the pirates on the warship are afraid that there must be thousands of people, and on their largest warship, there are fifteen or sixteen cannons installed on one side of the side alone, not to mention a caravan like us, that is, the imperial sailors, if you want to defeat them, you have to pay a lot of price, and we can escape back, it is already a great luck......"

Cha Xuan's face was pale, and he glanced at Zheng Haotian, above the East China Sea, there are absolutely no pirates who can have such a strong force, maybe the Dutch and the Spaniards in Nanyang have such strength, but if they want to do it, they can do it in Nanyang, they don't need to run to the coast of Daming to do it, this is easy to change, that is not a Westerner, and there is no pirate with such strength on the islands in the East China Sea, what kind of person will it be? Oriental Wako? How bold they are!

Syllable!

Cha Bolt slammed his fist on the bookcase, and shouted: "Damn, no matter where these pirates are, Lao Tzu will definitely clean them up!" Wu Xing, don't you even have a little useful clue? ”

"Yes!"

Wu Xing touched a handful of tears and replied: "Lord Cha, most of these people speak with the accent of the Fujian generation, and some of them are talking nonsense about Dongying, I guess, it must be the Japanese Kou, but over the years, where is there still such a powerful force in the coastal area?" ”

"Where is the specific location where you don't want to rob?"

"The location of a hundred miles east of Wenzhou Gate Island......"

Wu Xing said in a low voice.

East of Wenzhou Gate Island?

Cha Xuan's eyes flickered, and he said in a deep voice: "Where should it be not far from Fuzhou, didn't you ask for help on the land?" ”

Wu Xing hurriedly said: "Lord Cha, we just escaped death, so we went directly to Fuzhou, Lord Zheng Sen has already sent the Fujian Navy Division to the northeast to pursue, however, a lot of time has passed, and it is not so easy to catch up with this group of pirates......"

"How long has it been? Did you play it for the imperial court? ”

Cha Bolt said in a deep voice.

Wu Xing hurriedly shook his head, something so big happened, how could he dare to rush to the imperial court? That's millions of taels of silver, once the emperor knows about it, won't you pick up a layer of your own skin?

"Master Cha, we are old friends, no matter what this time, you have to help, my old Wu's little life is in your hands......"

Wu Xing said astringently.

Cha Xuan shook his head and replied: "Okay, your little life is not in my hands, in the hands of the emperor, Brother Haotian, immediately draft the chapter, seven hundred miles to expedited, report to the emperor, what we do now is to wait for Zheng Sen's news, hoping to snatch these goods back......"

(End of chapter)